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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

Stord

Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. Carriers are still worried about river cresting along the Mississippi river and the structural integrity of many bridges around it. Delta reported a dip in air cargo freight last month compared to March of 2018.

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Justifying Investments in Risk Avoidance

MIT Supply Chain

I gave the example of Sun Microsystems, which suffered a spate of freight thefts in Europe. Consider, for example, Amazon’s drive to build more warehouses throughout the US. Replacement sources were soon found. ID situations where resilience is a by-product. 2. Highlight other benefits.